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<font size="-1">Hi,<br>
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Note after "10.1.1 The DOCTYPE" :<br>
"DOCTYPEs are required for legacy reasons. When omitted, browsers
tend to use a different rendering mode that is incompatible with
some specifications. Including the DOCTYPE in a document ensures
that the browser makes a best-effort attempt at following the
relevant specifications."<br>
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Reading the following description, I have the impression that
HTML6 will require a DOCTYPE as well.<br>
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Following the hypothesis that the HTML</font><font size="-1">
language</font><font size="-1"> or HTML parser definition may
change, it means that HTML6 may need a different DOCTYPE than
HTML5 in order to "</font><font size="-1">[follow] the relevant
specifications</font><font size="-1">".<br>
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What will this doctype be since it cannot be <!DOCTYPE
HTML>?<br>
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The underlying question being : shouldn't doctype be versioned (as
it has been with HTML 3.2/4/4.01 and XHTML 1/1.1)?<br>
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David<br>
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